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function min(collection, callback) {
    if (collection.length == 0) {
        return null;
    }
    
    var minIndex = 0;
    var minValue = callback(collection[0]);
    for (var i = 1; i < collection.length; ++i) {
        if (minValue > callback(collection[i])) {
            minValue = callback(collection[i]);
            minIndex = i;
        }
    }
    
    return collection[minIndex];
}

var items1 = [ "John/20", "Mary/18" ];
var items2 = [ {name:"John", age:20}, {name:"Mary",age: 18}];

var minItem = min(items1, function(item) {
    return item.split('/')[1]; // get the "age" part
});

alert(minItem.split('/')[0] + " is " + minItem.split('/')[1]);

minItem = min(items2, function(item) {
    return item.age;
});

alert(minItem.name + " is " + minItem.age);